Compsoctena susurrans

Compsoctena susurrans is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911.^[1] It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from Limpopo.^[2]

The wingspan is about 24 mm for males and 26 mm for females. The forewings are white, transversely striated throughout with brownish-ochreous and more or less irrorated with dark fuscous and blackish, the coalescence of these striae indicates a small basal patch, a narrow fascia from one-third of the costa to before the middle of the dorsum, with the posterior edge angulated below the middle. There is a narrow fascia from two-thirds of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, and a slender more or less marked inwards-sinuate fascia from the costa before the apex to the tornus. The hindwings are pale fuscous.^[3]

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